The UK faced renewed pressure to set out its Brexit plans in more detail after its resigning ambassador to the EU expressed frustration over its approach, as the Wall Street Journal’s Nicholas Winning and Jenny Gross

International assistance, along with the implementation of health and social sector reforms developed by Venezuelans, themselves, will be required to alleviate the shortages of medicines and medical supplies, failing public health infrastructure, and chronic food insecurity...

President-elect Trump has stated his intention to strengthen the U.S. approach to defeating the Islamic State (ISIS). However, the precise way in which his administration will pursue this objective is still taking shape. While ISIS has inspired attacks and spawned a number...

Afghanistan poses a problem whose complexity precludes a ‘quick win,’ an unpopular reality for a war-weary public. Perhaps for this reason it rarely arose as a campaign issue. Regardless, it will need to be a top national security priority for the incoming Trump...

This report lays out specific recommendations for the next administration’s cybersecurity policy. It builds on the 2009 Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency, a foundational document for creating a strategic approach to cybersecurity.

Afghanistan poses a problem whose complexity precludes a ‘quick win,’ an unpopular reality for a war-weary public. Regardless, it will need to be a top national security priority for the incoming Trump team.

January 3, 2017
| Anthony H. CordesmanThe analysis is supported by a wide range of data drawn from U.S. government, UN, World Bank, and NGO sources where the key statistics and data are presented in the various figures and tables in each section. It concludes that the United States needs to fundamentally rethink...